[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1633: Changeset 8438 breaks ldexp on 64bit/bigendian systems

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#1633: Changeset 8438 breaks ldexp on 64bit/bigendian systems
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 Reporter:  nics    |       Owner:  somebody    
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  1.5.1       
Component:  Other   |     Version:  1.5.0       
 Keywords:          |  
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Comment(by pv):

 Suggested fix: http://github.com/pv/numpy/compare/master...bug/1633-ldexp-
 long.diff

 I don't have big-endian machines at hand, so testing is appreciated
 (although it should work). Thanks!

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 The easiest solution here seemed to be to extend the ldexp definition to
 the whole `long` range -- in this case we're lucky and it is easy to do.

 I don't actually know what would be the easiest way to force downcast +
 raise overflow error. This is not the only place where this int vs. long
 annoyance has come up. Seems like this could be a useful ufunc feature
 more generally.

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 I think the reason why Numpy's default integer type is `long` is that the
 Python integer type is also `long`. So we probably inherited the default
 from there.

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